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As states hunt for new voters, Massachusetts adds thousands via Medicaid applications

Zachary Roth

July 06, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

After Massachusetts added automatic voter registration to its Medicaid application process, the number of people in the state who registered through social service agencies jumped from roughly 30,000 to more than 160,000. Residents are given the option to opt out of voter registration when applying for health benefits rather than opting in.

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Trees like women best: Nepal's forests thrive with female bosses

Mukesh Pokhrel

July 05, 2023 |

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Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal manages the country’s community forest. For the past 30 years, the organization made a point to ensure half of its employees are women, and that women have access to leadership roles. As a result, a path has opened for more women to work in politics and the forests managed by women are thriving the most.

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Boot camps of hope for Nigerian kids in neglected communities

Ogar Monday

July 05, 2023 |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Since starting up in Nigeria in 2018, the Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative, has reached about 6400 rural teenagers through their Skill2Rural bootcamp project. The multi-day bootcamp rotates between a selected school, internally displaced persons camp, or a community center. Participants have co-created about 70 prototypes to minimize issues related to poverty and unemployment within their communities.

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Once cold, now too hot: Efforts to cut rising temperature in Nigeria's plateau intensifies

Patrick Obia

July 04, 2023 |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Obanliku, Cross River

The nonprofit Africa Research Association Managing Development teaches communities in Obanliku, Nigeria, to run their own businesses in things like gardening, soap making, and marketing, and helps establish cocoa cooperatives to keep them from depending on deforestation for income. The program also requires communities to designate parts of the forest for conservation and trains members to protect those areas.

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In Vietnam, IKEA-style wind turbines are powering off-grid communities

Vuong Thi Hao Linh

July 03, 2023 |

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Response Location: Vietnam, Lai Chau

An energy startup in Vietnam called 1516 delivers micro wind turbine systems to communities and schools that do not have access to power. The setup is simple enough that community members can do it themselves, making it an even more accessible option.

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Dignified toilets: A welcome relief for people with disabilities

Jeanne d’Arc Munezero

June 30, 2023 |

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Response Location: Rwanda

“AGATEBE” was developed to help make it easier for the elderly and people with disabilities to access toilets. It is a portable, durable, low-cost toilet chair that is easier to use than traditional latrine pits. So far, more than 5,000 have been sold.

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When a student is shot and killed, Cleveland schools' mental health team springs into action

Conor Morris

June 30, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

People call CMSD’s Rapid Response Team when crises occur to mobilize support services to help students and staff dealing with trauma or mental health crises. The Team has more than 200 staff members, including counselors, psychologists and nurses stationed in schools, as well as partnerships with outside mental health agencies that work within the school district. The Team has provided support on 950 different occasions including students struggling with suicidal thoughts, grief counseling and reports of students experiencing physical or sexual abuse at home.

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Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

Taylor Sisk

June 29, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Dandridge, Tennessee

Amidst the ever-present opioid crisis, there has been a shift among judges, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies beginning to let go of the stigma associated with medication for opioid use disorder. As of 2022, more than 90% of drug courts in communities with high opioid mortality rates have reported that they allow medications to be used to treat addiction. Some areas have also seen the emergence of drug recovery courts that specialize in helping people facing addiction get treatment, rather than jail time.

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One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan

June 29, 2023 |

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Response Location: Lebanon, Saadnayel

An organic seed farm provides free education to Lebanese farmers on transitioning away from chemical pesticides and fertilizers into agroecology. The farm, called Buzuruna Juzuruna, is creating a network across the country and runs an heirloom seed cooperative with over 300 varieties of seeds to share for free.

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Transforming postpartum hemorrhage treatment with Uterine Balloon Tamponade

Pauline Achieng Tom

June 29, 2023 |

Health Business |

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Response Location: Kenya, Siaya County

To aid in postpartum hemorrhage care, the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust distributes uterine balloon tamponade kits that can be used to stop excessive bleeding and prevent death after other measures have failed. The kits have been provided to more than 1,300 healthcare facilities in 23 countries and over 6,000 healthcare workers have been trained to use them.

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